The RichTextArea Control
This new Silverlight 4 only control allows you to input RichText into your Silverlight application. Here is a simple example of its use, complete with some simple formatting commands.
We have created an enhanced version of the RichTextArea control which enables you to Load and Save the content as basic HTML. This control is available to download with all the source code here.
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<UserControl x:Class="RichTextArea.MainPage"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
mc:Ignorable="d"
d:DesignHeight="300" d:DesignWidth="400">
<Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot" Background="White" Width="300" Height="300">
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
<RowDefinition />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Border Grid.Row="0" BorderThickness="1" BorderBrush="#8b919f">
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
<StackPanel.Background>
<LinearGradientBrush StartPoint="0.5,0" EndPoint="0.5,1">
<GradientStop Color="#ffffff" Offset="0.0" />
<GradientStop Color="#e3e8f4" Offset="0.5" />
<GradientStop Color="#cfd7eb" Offset="0.5" />
<GradientStop Color="#e9ecfa" Offset="1.0" />
</LinearGradientBrush>
</StackPanel.Background>
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" Margin="4">
<ComboBox x:Name="selectFontFamily" Width="155" Height="23" Margin="0 0 2 0" SelectionChanged="SelectFontFamily_ItemSelected">
<ComboBoxItem Content="Arial" FontSize="14" FontFamily="Arial" IsSelected="True" />
<ComboBoxItem Content="Arial Black" FontSize="14" FontFamily="Arial Black" />
<ComboBoxItem Content="Comic Sans MS" FontSize="14" FontFamily="Comic Sans MS" />
<ComboBoxItem Content="Courier New" FontSize="14" FontFamily="Courier New" />
<ComboBoxItem Content="Lucida Sans Unicode" FontSize="14" FontFamily="Lucida Sans Unicode" />
<ComboBoxItem Content="Times New Roman" FontSize="14" FontFamily="Times New Roman" />
<ComboBoxItem Content="Trebuchet MS" FontSize="14" FontFamily="Trebuchet MS" />
<ComboBoxItem Content="Verdana" FontSize="14" FontFamily="Verdana" />
</ComboBox>
<ComboBox x:Name="selectFontSize" Width="45" Height="23" Margin="0, 0, 10, 0" SelectionChanged="SelectFontSize_ItemSelected">
<ComboBoxItem Content="6" />
<ComboBoxItem Content="7" />
<ComboBoxItem Content="8" />
<ComboBoxItem Content="9" />
<ComboBoxItem Content="10" />
<ComboBoxItem Content="11" />
<ComboBoxItem Content="12" IsSelected="True" />
<ComboBoxItem Content="13" />
<ComboBoxItem Content="14" />
<ComboBoxItem Content="15" />
<ComboBoxItem Content="16" />
<ComboBoxItem Content="17" />
<ComboBoxItem Content="18" />
<ComboBoxItem Content="20" />
<ComboBoxItem Content="22" />
<ComboBoxItem Content="24" />
<ComboBoxItem Content="26" />
<ComboBoxItem Content="28" />
<ComboBoxItem Content="36" />
<ComboBoxItem Content="48" />
<ComboBoxItem Content="72" />
</ComboBox>
<Button x:Name="makeBold" Width="24" Height="23" Margin="0 0 2 0" Click="MakeBold_Click">
<TextBlock x:Name="boldText" Text="B" FontFamily="Arial" FontSize="14" FontWeight="Bold" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center" />
</Button>
<Button x:Name="makeItalic" Width="24" Height="23" Margin="0 0 2 0" Click="MakeItalic_Click">
<TextBlock x:Name="italicText" Text="I" FontFamily="Arial" FontSize="14" FontStyle="Italic" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center" />
</Button>
<Button x:Name="makeUnderline" Width="24" Height="23" Margin="0 0 10 0" Click="MakeUnderline_Click">
<TextBlock x:Name="underlineText" Text="U" FontFamily="Arial" FontSize="14" TextDecorations="Underline" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center" />
</Button>
</StackPanel>
</StackPanel>
</Border>
<RichTextArea x:Name="rta" Grid.Row="1" />
</Grid>
</UserControl>
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Net;
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Controls;
using System.Windows.Documents;
using System.Windows.Input;
using System.Windows.Media;
using System.Windows.Media.Animation;
using System.Windows.Shapes;
namespace RichTextArea
{
public partial class MainPage : UserControl
{
public MainPage()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
private void SelectFontFamily_ItemSelected(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (selectFontFamily != null)
{
rta.Selection.SetPropertyValue(TextElement.FontFamilyProperty, new FontFamily(((ComboBoxItem)selectFontFamily.SelectedItem).FontFamily.Source));
}
}
private void SelectFontSize_ItemSelected(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (selectFontSize != null)
{
rta.Selection.SetPropertyValue(TextElement.FontSizeProperty, double.Parse(((ComboBoxItem)selectFontSize.SelectedItem).Content.ToString()));
}
}
private void MakeBold_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
rta.Selection.SetPropertyValue(TextElement.FontWeightProperty, FontWeights.Bold);
}
private void MakeItalic_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
rta.Selection.SetPropertyValue(TextElement.FontStyleProperty, FontStyles.Italic);
}
private void MakeUnderline_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
rta.Selection.SetPropertyValue(TextElement.TextDecorationsProperty, TextDecorations.Underline);
}
}
}
Here we show how to format text using the basic formatting commands such as Bold, Italic and Underline as well as Font Family and Size.
tmdavis83 wrote:
I have a string of text that is actually a RTF document. I can't seem to get it to display as one. It only displays as the raw text of the RTF document. How do i change that?
dharmbhav wrote:
Woopie, sorry for my delayed response.
I did the following:
public BaseFloatingWindow(IRegionManager regionManager, IEventAggregator eventAggregator)
{
this.regionManager = regionManager;
InitializeComponent();
RegionManager.SetRegionManager(this, regionManager);
this.eventAggregator = eventAggregator;
closeWindowEvent = eventAggregator.GetEvent<CloseWindowEvent>();
closeWindowEvent.Subscribe(SubscribeToCloseEvent, true);
this.Closed+=new EventHandler(BaseFloatingWindow_Closed);
}
public void BaseFloatingWindow_Closed(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
foreach (object view in this.regionManager.Regions[regionName].Views)
{
if (((UserControl)view).DataContext is ViewModelBase)
{
((ViewModelBase)((UserControl)view).DataContext).KeepAlive = false;
}
regionManager.Regions[regionName].Remove(view);
}
Dispose();
}
private void SubscribeToCloseEvent(object obj)
{
if (regionName == obj.ToString())
{
closeWindowEvent.Unsubscribe(SubscribeToCloseEvent);
this.Close();
BaseFloatingWindow_Closed(new object(), new EventArgs());
}
}
Hope this helps.
Woopie wrote:
I found the bug in the latest version too.
@dharmbhav hopefully you get this but can you advise on the binding for MVVM please...
Thanks for the good library
dharmbhav wrote:
There seems to be an issue with v 5.3.3 of RichTextEditor. I wanted to use it in my Prism based MVVM application (with a little bit tweaking for Databinding) and it threw an object reference null exception. With v 5.2.7 it works fine now.
Sadly you havn't uploaded source code for v5.2.7 controls.
A good library though,
Thanks
hussam wrote:
How to Databind RichTextEditor?
paweb wrote:
How to implement superscript in RichTextBox but in web application ?